Man finds jail’s revolving door

James J. Chapman apparently liked jail so much, he started looking for a way back in as soon as he was allowed out.

According to police, 27-year-old Chapman had just been released from the Warren County jail in Queensbury when he saw a corrections officer turn his car on to warm it up and start brushing snow off of it. When the guard went inside, Chapman allegedly jumped in the car and tried to steal it. The guard caught him before he got away.

Chapman has since been arraigned on attempted grand larceny in the third degree. He is being held on $2,500 bail.

This brings to mind another incident a month ago, when a woman was arrested for DWI while her car was parked in the jail parking lot.

Lake Luzerne resident Tracy Martin, 48, was parked in the lot outside the Warren County Jail at 2:30 a.m. when deputies were notified the person in the 1999 Saab might be intoxicated.
Deputies said they asked Martin to perform sobriety tests, which she failed. She then agreed to an alcohol breath test, which allegedly registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 percent. Martin is expected to return to Queensbury Town Court Jan. 10.

Inmates receive access to a warm place to stay, food, healthcare, and education – some also access fitness centers and rec rooms, work programs, libraries, and computers. Why wouldn’t the gentleman want to get right back in? That’s more than many law-abiding Americans receive, even if the loss of freedom and privacy is a pretty hefty trade-off.

Jessica, their fitness centers/rec room is in the gym, no fancy fitness centers as you alluded to. Their health care is nothing to be desired. You wait months on end to see a Dr. Yes they have access to a library and a computer. The only time they have access to a computer is when they’re in class learning. They do not have Internet access. Same goes for the library.

Work programs are for those who are close to leaving. They have jobs they go to every day that they found themselves, so when they are released, they have a job. They won’t be living off the tax payers which is a good thing.

What’s the sense in sending them to prison if not to learn and become working citizens. Not every inmate sees it as a revolving door.
Parole is the lowest it has ever been in years.

well this is way too FUNNY!!!
Really what kind of convict does this….?
Really he is just fine with living off the tax payers apparently..
and it is quite apparent he hadn’t learned anything from his MISTAKE!!! if her really thought he was going to get awy with it, he is as STUPID as he looks… LOL : )